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+= FayeObjC
+
+A simple Objective-C client library for the Faye publish-subscribe messaging server. FayeObjC is implementing on top of the zimt Objective-C web socket library and will work on both Mac and iPhone projects.
+
+= Working with the library
+
+Initialize a Client:
+  // init the FayeClient with a server and channel to subscribe to
+  FayeClient *faye = [[FayeClient alloc] initWithURLString:@"ws://localhost:8000/faye" channel:@"/chat"];
+  faye.delegate = self; // ensure that you implement the FayeClientDelegate functions
+  // connect to the server
+  [faye connectToServer];
+  
+Implement the FayeClientDelegate:
+  - (void) messageReceived:(NSDictionary *)messageDict {
+    DLog(@"message received");
+    // do something useful with the message dictionary    
+  }
+
+  - (void)connectedToServer {
+    // Faye connection established    
+  }
+
+  - (void)disconnectedFromServer {
+    // Faye disconnected
+  }
+
+= Example Project
+
+Included in the repository is a sample XCode project for Mac that provides a simple client application for interacting with Faye servers.  Try it out and have a look at the code for an illustration on the usage of the library.
+
+Check out the Faye project here:
+* http://faye.jcoglan.com
+
+
+== License
+
+(The MIT License)
+
+Copyright (c) 2009-2010 James Coglan
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.